Julius yom hofe



(No Model.)

J. VOM HOPE.

FISHING REEL.

No. 412,685. PatentedPot. 8, 1889.

a INVENTOH 41; A TTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE.

JULIUs voM Horn, or- BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES r. IMBRIE, on

NEW YORK, N. Y.

FlSHlNG-REEL.'

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 412,685, dated October8, 1889.

, Application filed March 26, 1889. $erial No. 304,829. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JULIUS VOM HOFE, of

, the city of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State-of New York,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Fishing-Reels, of whichthe following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings. 1

My invention relates to that class of fishing-reels known asfree-running reels, in which it is desirable that the spool of the reelshould run with the least possible friction. To this end it is veryessential that there should be no looseness of the axle of the spool inits bearings. Letters Patentof the United States No. 252,554. weregranted onJanua-ry 17,1882,tome and Charles F. Imbrie, of New York, asmy assignee, for an invention to accomplish this; and the presentapplication is an improvement on said patented invention. In thatinvention it was supposed that the looseness aforesaid was altogetherdue to wear, and provision was made to compensate therefor; butcontinued practical use has shown that one objectionable form oflooseness -end shake-was not generally due to wear, but to the expansionand contraction of the metal posts which unite the side plates of thereel. A reel in which the spool revolved to perfection within doors wasfound to be altogether too tight when the fishing-ground was reached;also, that a reel which was right in the early morning on thefishing-ground was too loose at midday at the same place.

Inthe patented invention aforesaid it is necessary first to unscrew thecap which covers the center on which the axle revolves and then tooperate on said center with a screwdriver. Then if any dirt or corrosionof salt-water made the screw in the cap work hard when the cap wasreplaced it was apt to and frequently did carry the center with it. Thusan adjustment which was all that could be desired when work with ascrewdriver was finished was altogether too tight when the cap had beenreplaced. In brief, though physically possible, it was found sodifficult and inconvenient to make the frequent adjustments requiredthat the patented invention in great measure practically failed of itspurpose. a

My present invention is intended to meet these difliculties, and toenable the angler in an instant of time and without other tools than histhumb and finger to adjust his reel to his satisfaction with facilityand certainty.

In the drawings forming part of the specification, Figure 1 represents ageneral View of a reel to which my invention is applied. Fig. 2represents an elevation of the sideplate A of Fig.1, and Fig. 3represents a sectional elevation of said side plate A on the line a: 00of Fig. 2.

In the drawings, (see Fig. 3,) A is one side plate of a reel to which myinvention is applied.

B is the axle of the spool G, which said axle revolves on the pivot D,rigidly secured therein. The pivot D revolves in the sleeve bearing E.The outer part of said sleevebearing E is provided with a screw-threadF, upon which screws the cap G. The cap G is provided with a pin Hintegral with it. Between the side plateA and the cap Gis placed anelastic washer I.

My device operates as follows: Should at any time end shake of the axleB be found to be present, the angler with his thumb and finger screwsthe cap G downward toward the side plate A until the end shake isremoved. In this operation screwing down the cap G causes its pin 11 topush the axle B over toward the opposite side of the reel, and thus thelost motion is taken up. Should the spool be found too tight, by simplyscrewing the cap G away from the side plate A the difficulty is removed.Thus by turning the cap G outward or inward, as the case may require, aperfect adjustment is reached in a few seconds without the aid of anymechanical exterior appliance and without in any manner opening the reelor any part thereof.

For the elastic washer I, I use rubber, though almost any elasticsubstance will answer. As long as the rubber retains its elasticity itwill serve as a sort of lock-nut, ret aining the cap G and its pin Hwhere they may happen to be left and preventing the action of therevolving axle D from imparting its motion to and disturbing theadjustment of the pin H; but to make assurance doubly sure a ratchet maybe formed on the exterior of the cap Gand a pawl be provided, as shownin Fig. 2, the pawl acting to prevent the cap from unscrewing. It isbetter to place a thin metallic washer K between the cap G and theelastic washer I, since otherwise the turning of the cap G is apt todraw the elastic washer out of shape and thus much reduce its usefullife.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire topatent, is

1. The combination, with the side plate of a fishing-reel, of a spoolhaving a shaft journaled in said plate, and an adjustable cap G securedto said plate and having a pin bearing against the end of said shaft.

2. The combination of the side plate of a' fishing-reel, having a journaLbox with screwthreaded end projecting outside of the plate, aspool having a shaft jonrnaled in said box,

and an adjustable cap screwed .upon the screw-threaded end of the boxand having a pin bearing against the end of said shaft.

3. The combination of the side plate of a fishing-reel, having ajournal-box with screwthreaded projection, a spool having ashaftjournaled in said box, a screw-cap secured to said projection and havinga pin bearing against the end of said shaft, and a washer interposedbetween the cap and plate, substantially as described.

4. The combination of the side plate of a fishing-reel, having ascrew-threaded projection and journal-box, a spool having a shaftjournaled in said box, a screw-cap secured to said projection and havinga pin bearing against the end of the shaft, a metal washer next to thescrew-cap, and a washer interposed between the metal washer and theplate.

5. The combination of the side plate of a fishing-reel, a pawl in saidplate, a spool journaled in said plate, an adjustable cap secured to theplate and having a pin bearing against the end of the spool-journal,anda ratchet for the pawl on the plate.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing improvement in fishing-reels asabove described I have hereunto set my hand this 21st day of March,1889.

JULIUS VOM HOFE.

Witnesses:

CHARLES 13,. MEYER, OOLERIDGE A; HART.

